system at the king street station, which is in brooklyn further south along away from the manhattan side of things, and then boarded the subway system there. then spent sometime and then apparently that may have been the way he got away, he then used the subway to escape after doing a shooting on the subway. at least that s the early indication. that gives me chills. pete williams, thank you very much. what you are looking at on the left-hand side of the screen, is the headquarters for the nypd. a press conference was scheduled for 2:00, and it s 2:07. we are probably trying to be abundantly sure they have the right person in custody and then they will come out and tell the city they have found the man and the city will be able to breathe a sigh of relief. chris jansing, you and i traded
enforcement partners that has been ongoing is truly a bright spot here. today, frank james has been charged by complaint in brooklyn federal court with one count of violating 18 usc sections 1992 a7 and b1, which prohibits violent acts on mass trance tore transportation systems. he will face a sentence of up to life in prisonment if convicted. in sunset block brooklyn, frank james did knowingly and without lawful authority and permission did commit an act including the use of a dangerous weapon to cause death and serious injury
later we aim to say we got him. thank you, commissioner, for your leadership and job well done. now, police commissioner of the city of new york. good afternoon, everyone. thank you for being here. i am truly fortunate to stand among the extraordinary federal investigators and partners to make this announcement. moments ago frank james was stopped on the street and arrested by the new york city police department. officers in response to crime stopper tips stopped james on first avenue in manhattan. he was taken into custody without incident and has been transported to an nypd facility. he will be charged with committing yesterday s appalling crime in brooklyn. i want to thank everybody that took part in the hands on
on the subway in brooklyn on the manhattan bound n train. through the course of this investigation, we developed additional information and evidence, mr. frank james, our person of interest now became a wanted individual for yesterday s horrific incident. mr. james is a male, 62 years old. he is known to us and has ties in wisconsin, ohio, pennsylvania, new jersey and new york city. his arrest history in new york is nine prior arrests, dating from 1992 to 1998. those include possession of burglary tools four times, criminal sex act, theft of service two times, and he was arrested on a new jersey warrant. he also has a criminal tampering. he has three arrests to new york city. in 1991, 1992, and 2007.